Transforming East African ICT Sector by Creating a Business Engine for SMEs : SMEs and the East Africa ICT Sector

For the purposes of this project, the East African countries included in the study were Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The focus for this project was Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as for-profit or nonprofit organizations with less...

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Main Authors:	Ewing, Javier, Okolloh, Ory, Rawlings, Lauren
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AVAILABILITY OF DATA BANDWIDTH BANDWIDTH CAPACITY BROADBAND BROADBAND ACCESS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FUNCTIONS BUSINESS INCUBATION BUSINESS INCUBATOR BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PARTNERS BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS PLANNING BUSINESS PROCESS BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING BUSINESS REGISTRATION BUSINESS SECTOR BUSINESSES BUYERS CAPABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COLLABORATION COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DEVELOPMENT CONTENT GENERATION CORPORATIONS CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS CULTURAL NORMS CUSTOMS DATA CENTERS DATA COLLECTION DATA SERVICES DATA SOURCES DATA STORAGE DEBT DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL CONTENT DIGITALIZATION DOMAIN DOMAIN NAME E-COMMERCE E-GOVERNMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUIPMENT EXISTING BUSINESS EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS FOREIGN COMPANIES GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT ENTITY GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SITES HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY STANDARD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS JOB CREATION KEY INDUSTRIES KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LAWYERS LEARNING LICENSING LIMITED ACCESS LITERACY LITERACY RATE LOBBYISTS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MASS MARKET MEDIA MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES MENU MOBILE APPLICATION MOBILE DEVICES MOBILE NETWORKS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE SERVICE MOBILE TELEPHONES MOBILE TELEPHONY MONEY TRANSFER MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NATIONAL INCOME NECESSARY SKILLS NEXT GENERATION NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ONLINE REGISTRATION OUTSOURCING PARTICIPATION RATES PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS PARTY PAYMENT SYSTEMS PHYSICAL PRESENCE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROGRAMMING PROJECT MANAGEMENT RADIO REGISTRATION PROCESS REGISTRY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RESULT SEARCH SECURITY STANDARDS SERVICE PROVIDERS SILICON SMALL BUSINESS SMART PHONES SME SME FINANCE SME FINANCING SME NETWORK SME SECTOR SOFTWARE COMPANIES SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SPONSOR STANDARDIZATION SUPPLY CHAINS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION TARGETS TAXATION TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL TRAINING TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PARK TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TIME FRAME TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSMISSION UNION USER USER INTERFACE VENDOR VENTURE FUND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/921591468340808937/Transforming-East-African-ICT-sector-by-creating-a-business-engine-for-SMEs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27360